Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-04-22
Alma. Mich. Friday. April 90. 1887.

Reserved seats at WeDbs drug store, same
price.
Incendiarism seems to prevail to a
great extent throughout the state, but
Alma has been exempt so far.
The 4th annual convention of the
State Firemen's Association will be
held in Grand Rapids, May 4th.
w. T. b. Schermerhorn, of the Hud-
son Gazette, died at his home in Hudson
Monday night. Mr.. ii. was one of the
youngest as well as one Of the brightest
men in the State.
Marcus Pollasky was in town Tues
day and Wednesday attending to many
business affairs. He is now nicely set
tied in offices in the Butler building,
Woodward Ave-, and seems much pleas
ed with the change.
With the contemplated railroad con-
nections which will probably be soon
completed, Muskegon people expect to
ride to Grand Rapids in an hour, to
Lansing in two and half and to De-
troit In five and half hours.
The contract for grading the T. S. &
NJ. railroad between Greenville and
Muskegon has been let Work has al
ready begun and it is expected that the
entire line will be ready for the iron by
July tirst.-EdmOre Journal.
Bro. White is not over six months be-
hind the times. Several miles of the
road are completed and trains Will be
running between Greenville and Ash
ley inside of 80 days. Wake up, neigh
Dor
The enterprising druggist b. s. Webb
has taken the agency of BaXters Lucky
star Cigar. Hereafter the lovers of a
good smoke can be accommodated with
cigar for five cents that will prove
upon trial superior to half the ten cent
cigars sold by the general dealers in
Alma. They are pure Havana filler
and Sumatra wrapper, made by hand.
They ar guaranteed to contain no
poisonous or artificial drug. B. 5.
Webb sole agent. 23m
Mr.. a. +. Bonnest is arranging for a
concert to be given in Alma during the
first week in May, for the benefit of st.
Johns Episcopal Church of that place.
The assistance Of several well-known
Saginaw and East Saginaw singers has
been secured. Among them are Mrs.
b. G.. Stark, Mrs. IL. y. Whipple, Mr..
and Walter Benn, Miss Winnifred
Smith, Nj. l.. \. Burrows, and several
others. Arrangements will be made
for special railroad rates and a number
from this city will improve the oppor-
tunity tovisit Alma. a.-Saginaw Journal,
Bert Wilcox, aged 40 years, and resid
ing in Lakeyiew, Montcalm county
was employed by Ryerson & Hill in
breaking rollways on Tamarac Greek
with dynamite. Sunday he had capped
few cartridges which were lying a.
round loose, when by some means the
fuse got lighted and they commenced tC
explode. The first one that went of
shattered Wilcox's leg in two places
but by a great effort he crept away Z
short distance before the box exploded
which contained about forty pounds anC
was placed against some logs, or he
would have been blown 10 atoms. A:
it is, he is filed with nails and splinters
and his recovery is doubtful The logs
were smashed into kindling wood anC
all the houses within radius of mile
were shaken.
There were thirty health seekers reg
! lStered at the Park house last week fol
treatment at the springs, majority OF
whom will linger through the season. -
st. Louis Lcodcr.
Bro. lloskins must have written tn,
above when he had an especially franz
streak of frankness, as you seldom SEE
a st. Louisite who will admit that there
| is anything under the sun that their min
erel water will not cure. But Hoskins
goes farther and says that the majorit,
of these poor suffers will 'linger through
the season and 60 home and die a
last we suppose. Now Mr.. Hoskins, i
you are fully convinced that this is tn,
case it is your sOlumn duty to go t,
these people and tell them about tn
Alma Sanitarium where patients ar
not allowed to ''linger" but are prompt
! ly cured and sent home well and happy
Will you do it?
The Shelley Bros. of Elm Hall, hav
been wildly skirmishing about tn
country for the past six months an
every now and then rumors would b
waited in that they were to locate in
town. Those who thought anything a
bout it at all would no more than ge
their minds made up that the boys wer
really settled at last then they woul
be heard of as having located i'm som
other town. They have been moved t
Alma about sixteen different times, an
last week they were here aOain sizin